Sharp County record., 1887-12-01

delicate lines are refectsS q
depths of the youthful natr. rr aa
Of years from now Won q
shadow of that cloud in 'Sa n. VII
fnements developed. Tbs so. as
you sing that child to sIas 'Ius
through all its life, and rsP rinI
the very arches Of Heaven n'ug Il d
often the first seven wears ~ nt l
decides whether it shall bs i. I. as
ish, rude, false, hypocrit.c,II'
truthful, frank, obedisntr q
Christian. G',s
The present generation, =.
pass Oft very much as thew ,'. ~
though the Gospel is ofia,a5 ~'l !,
general rule is that drunkardis' is l
ards, thieves die thieves ~
libertines. Therefore, to tb'
turn. Before they SOW wild IT, o.i
10 SOW wheat and barley. VI,
bushel measure with good en-,
will be no room for husks. en-.
fred Goodman was conver+ad lug ~ :.
Of age. At Carlisle, Pa. A..
progress of a religious m's,'.s ~
Methodist Church, while m'..
kneeling at the foot OF the alt..
knelt in a corner of the cbr,5
himself, and said: "Precio1,
thou art saving others, oh. will
save me?" A Presbyterian s,J,c
side him and led him into 4
Enthroned Alfred Goodman
from the skies, were Won co,,,.
early? But l can not hear hi, ,,.-
is overpowered by the huzzas a
thousands who were broupb,
through his ministry. Isaac NJ.
| great Christian poet, was coD,.
nine years Of age. Robert Hall q
Baptist evangelist, was eor7,,
twelve years of age. JONATHAN
the greatest of American Iog;srl
converted at seven years Of ags
Oh, for one generation of hy,
women? Shall it be the neyti
and mothers, you, under God Ar
eide whether from your famfisI
forth towards, inebriates, count
blasphemers, and whether tben
those bearing your image and
your name fes ering in the low NJ
vice, and houndering in dissnt
making the midnight Of is
hOrrid with a long howl Of
whether from your family attn
come the Christians, the reform.
teachers, the ministers of Christ
| f0rters of the troubled, the hess
sick, the enacters of good laws d
ers Of charitable institutions, an!
many who shall in the humble
of toll and usefulness serve God
best interests Of the human race
You can not as parents shit
sponsibility. God has charged
a mission, and all the thrones d
are waiting to see whether ya
your duty. We must not fOrga
not so much what we teach oT
as what we ara in their prsg,
wish them to be better than VI
the probability is that they
be reproductions OF our own u
German literature has much togf
"specter of Brocken." Amw
mountains travellers in certain r
of the atmosphere see themselu
on a gigantic scale in the clouds
the travellers do not realize tbaitI N
15rves on e. larger scale. Wleu
a hand or move the head this
specter does the same, and with
largement Of proportions that b
is most exciting, and thOuSands1 Z
to that place just to behold thew
Brocken. The probability is thf
our faults which we consider VI
insignificant, if we do not putn
them, will be copied on a liiT:T
in the lives of our children,
haps dilated and exasgefaia
spectral proportions. YN
not 90 as far off as the Brocis
that process. The first thin!
portance in the education Of :
dren is to make ourselves, by toe
God, fit examples to be copied
will come when yOu must colr
child, not in the church pew %
Sabbath. but amid the consteiI
the rising dead, and the hyln9
and a burning world. From VI
that son or daughter, bone Oh
heart of your heart, the fathers
brow, the mothers eye his eYs
forth to an eternal destiny
be your JOY if at last you hear
in the same golden highVaY
their voices in the same rap'u"
| illustrations, while the eternal
of what a faithful parent c0a'
God, accomplish.
l was re 2 of Il mother Vl4
had all her children about nsl'
each one of them by the hand
them to meet her in Heaven
tears and sobs such as those "
who have stood by the deaI.
good old mother, they aIi
But there was a young man - ~
who had been very wild and rev. e,
hard, and proud, and Wnen y. ~
hand she said: "Now, my %h
you to promise me before ! j, y,
will become a Christian
me in Heaven" lI1
man made no answer, lot :"
much for him to give up Il ~ .,.jI
kept such a promise. Bu' que ~ =
persisted in saying: you "Vr T,sI
that before l go, will YOU ,T l
must not be forever. Tell me s,n W. n
serve God and meet me III o',I1. tn'
there is no parting" hi,r,
emotion, he stood making W 4
halting and hesitating' puI :.
stubbornness yielded, aad .., y
arms around his mothers ,iS Nv, b
"Yes, mother; 1 will, l VIII ~ Ms
finished the last word u .nt
her spirit assembled. l tnaa' ia
Young man kept his pronni'ro mot.